It is not that the album sound bad, it is not that the tracks aren't sing-alongable, it is not that that it particularly annoys me, but it is the fact that the album is coming about 20 years too late that doesn't make it that great an album.

The word derivative seems like the least that can be said about the album. Very little here is original, the twists on the tracks don't bring anything new, they are exercises in run of the mill music from the late 60s early 70s.

The lyrics aren't that impressive but it would still get a 9 if it had been done 20 years earlier. There is nothing wrong with bucking the music trend of the late 80s into something more retro, but at least bring something new into it. Lenny doesn't and that's a pity as there was potential here.

Track Highlights

1. I Build This Garden For Us2. Let Love Rule3. Mr. Cab Driver4. Sitting On Top Of The WorldFinal Grade

7/10Trivia

From Wikipedia:

Then-wife Lisa Bonet wrote the lyrics to "Fear" and co-wrote the lyrics on the song, "Rosemary".

Let Love Rule reached #61 on the Billboard 200, eventually going gold in the U.S., while it peaked at #56 on the UK Album Chart. As of November, 2002 the album has sold 860,000 units in the US.(based on mtv.com sales numbers from Nielsen soundscan)

3 comments:

Shu
said...

Hmmm, yeah...Lenny was a bit of a disappointment. Derivative is the only way to describe his career and I'm really not sure why this is in the book. Jimi is so good, why would you make do with Lenny? Without the good producing he would sound just like any other music shop maestro.